Greg Patten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm using qmail-1.03 but injecting via Obtuse smtpd and just noticed a
> qmail-inject barfing on a file. I checked it out and it (well
> token822_parse) can't parse the following line

> To: R:IOT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> While it's obvious why I'm interested as to whether the above
> constitutes a valid To: line or not.

It's not.  According to RFC 822, ":" is a special, which means it has to
be quoted to be used inside a word.  That has to be written as:

        To: "R:IOT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Otherwise, it's likely to be parsed as an unterminated address group.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])         <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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